1. Chapter 11/12 Vocabulary

2. Aquaculture
Raising and harvesting fish or aquatic plants in a controlled environment

3. Contour Plowing
Plowing horizontally along slopes instead of up and down in order to prevent soil run-off during heavy rains

4. Allowable Annual Cut
The limited amount of timber that can be cut in a province each year

5. First Stage Manufacturing:
Initial Processing of Raw Materials
Ex: Cut trees milled into lumber

6. Second Stage Manufacturing
Use of processed materials to make finished product
Ex: Using Lumber( wood) to make furniture

7. Diversification The process of making the economy more varied.
Ex: Producing a wider range of goods and services so we are not reliant on primary industries.
Q: Why is that a good thing?

8. Diversify
To become a more varied economy

9. Natural Resource
Are materials found in the environment
Ex:

10. Branch Plant A plant or factory owned by a company based elsewhere.
Ex:

11. Quality of Life Standard of living. Based On: -GDP per person
-birth rate
-death rate
-Life Expectancy
-literacy and equality

12. Regional Disparity
Wealth gap among provinces or regions of the country.
Which provinces have more Money?
Which provinces have less?

13. Seasonal Employment
Employment for only part of the year for industries tied closely to to weather and seasons
Ex:

14. Brain Drain Migration of highly educated people away from an area.
Why?

15. Outmigration Movement away from an area
Q: In Canada which provinces are hardest hit by this? Where are people going?

16. Transfer Payments
Federal Government program to transfer some of the tax money collected in provinces with a high GDP to provinces who has less.
Q: Which provinces are giving up money?
Q: Which Provinces are receiving Money?